Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 4
Argonne Leadership Computing
Facility
William E. Allcock and Kevin Harms
Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, Argonne National Laboratory
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HPC at ALCF :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.1.1
Intrepid ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.1.2
Mira ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.2
Overview of I/O at ALCF :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.3
I/O Hardware ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.3.1
Intrepid: ALCF Blue Gene/P System :::::::::::::::::::
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4.3.2
Mira: ALCF Blue Gene/Q System ::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.4
I/O Software :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.4.1
GPFS ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.4.1.1
Conguration ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.4.1.2
Tuning ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.4.1.3
Reliability ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.4.2
PVFS ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.4.3
Libraries :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.5
Workloads/Applications :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.5.1
Case Studies :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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4.6
Future I/O Plans at ALCF ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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Bibliography ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) is located at Argonne
National Laboratory (ANL), 35 miles southwest of Chicago. ALCF is one
of the two leadership computing facilities operated by DOE. The mission
of ALCF is to accelerate major scientific discoveries and engineering break-
throughs for humanity by designing and providing world-leading computing
facilities in partnership with the computational science community [1].
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